Shizuoka Vice Governor Takashi ... 51,000 sites in 999 municipalities across Japan as of the end of March. The mound area in the valley above Atami was not designated for a housing site, so ...

Landfill used in a section of the steep mountainside of Atami in Shizuoka Prefecture swept away ... There is no law in Japan governing the management and disposal of surplus soil.

Mudslides stretched about more than 2 km in Atami, Shizuoka Pref. Officials say at least 54,000 cubic meters had been used to fill a valley in roughly the area where the mudslide began.

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In central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture, more than 10 slides were reported in Atami City. Mud poured into one house, smashing windows. Even Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido didn't escape ...